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Delhi HC sets aside summons to ‘The Wire’ editor in defamation case
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday set aside a summons issued to the editor and deputy editor of online news portal “The Wire” in a criminal defamation case over a…
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4,314 Indian women set to perform Haj without ‘Mehram’ this year
New Delhi: As many as 4,314 Indian women are set to perform Haj without ‘Mehram (male companion)’ this year, the largest since the reform in 2018 which did away with the compulsion…
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Gujarat judge nixes 3-month jail for Mevani, 9 others in 2017 case
Mehsana: A sessions court in Gujarat’s Mehsana district on Wednesday set aside a lower court order sentencing Congress MLA Jignesh Mevani and nine others to three months in jail in a 2017…
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Hyderabad: Cops to monitor Raja Singh at Ram Navami Shobha Yatra
Hyderabad: Suspended Goshamahal BJP MLA T Raja Singh is leaving no stone unturned to make the Sri Ram Navami Shobha Yatra a grand success in the city on Thursday. This will be…
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Rajasthan: Hindu rally disturbs namaz time, stones pelted; 12 held
Communal tensions erupted after Hindus and Muslims clashed in Rajasthan’s Tala village of Jamwa Ramgarh district on March 26. Stones were pelted from both sides and communal and inciting slogans were raised…
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Do customers have to pay transaction fees for UPI payments?
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has announced that beginning April 1, an interchange charge of up to 1.1% would be levied on merchant UPI (Unified Payments Interface) transactions. According to…
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‘I have court papers’: Muslim man begs BMC official to stop demolition
A senior Muslim citizen in Mumbai’s Santa Cruz area was ill-treated by a BMC officer when the latter came to bulldoze the former’s property. In the video, the Muslim man, identified as…
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Hate speeches will go away once politicians stop using religion in politics: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday took serious exception to hate speeches and said the moment politics and religions are separated and politicians stop using religion in politics, such speeches will…
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Bullet train ‘feasible’ but metro for Hyderabad isn’t: Owaisi slams centre
Hyderabad: AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday slammed the BJP-led centre for calling the proposed second phase of the Hyderabad metro rail ‘unfeasible’. The proposed second phase of metro…
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Savarkar row: ‘Everything fine’, says Sanjay Raut after meeting Sonia, Rahul
New Delhi: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday met former Congress presidents Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and said “everything is fine”, signalling an end to the row over V…
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Watch: Stray dog attacks Hyderabad girl, leaves her injured
Hyderabad: In yet another incident of a stray dog attack in Hyderabad, a girl was left with bite injuries. The attack took place when the girl was standing on the roadside in…
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Hyderabad: Ahead of Rama Navami Shobha Yatra, mosque, dargah covered with cloth
Hyderabad: Hyderabad is all set for Sri Rama Navami Shobha Yatra which is scheduled to be taken out on March 30. Ahead of the procession, the Siddiamber Bazar mosque and a dargah…
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Humza Yousaf officially elected as Scotland’s new First Minister
Edinburg: Humza Yousaf has been officially elected as Scotland’s sixth First Ministe, with a majority of 71 out of 128 votes in Parliament. The 37-year-old is Scotland’s youngest-ever head of government, first…
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UP: ‘I’ll be killed in 2 weeks…’ says Atiq Ahmed’s brother
Bareilly: Uttar Pradesh’s mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed’s brother Ashraf Ahmed a convict in the Umesh Pal murder case on Tuesday claimed that an officer revealed that he will be killed in two weeks.…
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Afghanistan: Earthquake of 4.3 magnitude jolts Kabul
Kabul: An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 struck 85 kilometres East of Kabul in Afghanistan on Wednesday, according to National Center (NCS) for Seismology. Taking to its official Twitter handle, the NCS stated…
